Tag Archive 'pownce'

Web of the Living Dead

dan tynan on Dec 02 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Deadpool, Facebook, Web 2.0

Last week it was I Want Sandy. Yesterday, Pownce. Which Web 2.0 startups will disappear tomorrow? Twitter? Facebook??
Consolidation fever has gripped the valley, and that’s not good.
Last week it was IWantSandy. Yesterday, Pownce. Tomorrow, who knows? The current financial crisis is claiming a passel of Web 2.0 startups whose VC sugar daddies appear [...]

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The Twittering Masses

dan tynan on Aug 05 2008 | Filed under: US Airways Magazine, Web 2.0

Micro-blogs offer new ways to reach out and touch—140 characters at a time
(This post originally appeared in the August issue of US Airways Magazine.)
When American photojournalist James Buck was taken into custody by Egyptian security forces last April, he didn’t call his lawyer, the US embassy, or his mother. He whipped out his cell phone [...]

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